Ahmed is an old man who lives in a poor country called Afghanistan. Ahmed is 75 years old and he used to be a farmer. Now he is old and not strong enough to work anymore. His wife died ten years ago and his children and grandchildren look after him. In Ahmed’s village, there are about two thousand people who live there. There is a small school for young children to learn how to read and write. There is no high school for those students to study in. After finishing primary school, the students go to work in the fields or in the small shops in the village.
Near Ahmed’s village there are hundreds of American soldiers who fight in Afghanistan. They come to the village from time to time to search houses. Sometimes they arrest people from the village and take them away. There are a lot of tanks and big trucks in the camp where the American soldiers stay. No one can go near the camp because they will get shot in the head. Parents tell their children not to play near the camp because they don’t want the American soldiers to kill them.
A few weeks ago, some American soldiers came to the village in big trucks. They smashed the doors of a few houses. They started killing women and children in the village. People in the small village quickly left their homes and run away. They didn’t want the American soldiers to kill them. In a few minutes, the American soldiers killed 16 people before they drove back to their camp.
The people in the village are helpless. They cannot fight the American soldiers because they don’t have guns. Ahmed says that the Russians came to Afghanistan many years ago and killed thousands of people there. The Russians stayed in Afghanistan for 15 years. They left the country after they destroyed it. Now the Americans are doing the same thing to his country. They kill people and destroy houses. They don’t build any schools or hospitals. They come with big guns, tanks and airplanes.
Ahmed wants his children and grandchildren to live in peace. He does not think this is possible because there is a war in his country. He knows he is an old man and can do very little. When people start a new day, they don’t know how many civilians the Americans are going to kill or arrest.
Listen to your classmate and fill in the gaps:
Ahmed is an old man who lives in a ………………. country called Afghanistan. Ahmed is 75 years old and he ………………….. to be a farmer. Now he is old and not ……………. enough to work anymore. His wife died ten years ago and his children and grandchildren …………….. after him. In Ahmed’s village, there are about ……………… thousand people who live there. There is a small school …………….. young children to learn how to read and write. There is no ……………….. school for those students to study in. After finishing .................... school, the students go to work in the fields or in the small shops …………………. the village.
Near Ahmed’s village ……………….. are hundreds of American soldiers who fight in Afghanistan. They come to the village from time to ………………. to search houses. Sometimes they arrest people from the village and take them away. There are a lot of tanks and big ………………… in the camp where the American soldiers stay. No one can go ……………….. the camp because they will get shot in the head. Parents tell their children not to play near the camp because they don’t …………………. the American soldiers to kill them.
A few weeks ago, some American soldiers came to ………………. village in big trucks. They smashed the doors of a few houses. They ……………………… killing women and children in the village. People in the small quickly left their homes and run away. They didn’t …………………… the American soldiers to kill them. In a ………………… minutes, the American soldiers killed 16 people …………………. they drove back to their camp.
The people in the village ……………….. helpless. They cannot ……………….. the American soldiers because they don’t have guns. Ahmed ………………. that the Russians came to Afghanistan many years ago and killed thousands of people there. The Russians …………………. in Afghanistan for 15 years. They left the country …………………… they destroyed it. Now the Americans are doing the same thing to his country. They ………………….. people and destroy houses. They don’t build ………………….. schools or hospitals. They come with big guns, tanks …………………… airplanes.
Ahmed wants ………………… children and grandchildren to live in peace. He does not think this is possible because there is a war in his country. He knows ………………. is an old man and can do very little. When people start a new day, they don’t ………………….. how many civilians the Americans are going to kill ………………… arrest.
